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Alrighty. Part 2 of the story… pretty fascinating.

One fact, you know the French and the Brit always fight right? They are like dogs and cats, fire and water, mentos and coke, Mike Tyson and Holyfield’s ears, etc..

Draw as much similarities as you want, but they are not fond of each other.

Mike said to the ear: " You are going down!"

So.. come to the he said she said kinda thing between the 2 people….

The Brit has founded quite a vast recipe books at the 16th century ( Will-Shakes time), and books are priceless. Upon hearing the French claims about Claude Lorrain and his puff pastry achievement, the Brit cranked up their canon and fight back with their own version of puff pastry: ” puff paste”.
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Story of the puff pasty…. Hum….

There are many claim in the world of who’s really invented puff pastry man… From the East to the Middle Eastern to Europe, they all claim they are the one that invent the puff pastry or perfect it. Its the whole he said, she said in the early history.

the French said: 

the French, always has some stories to tell, and this time it was dated back to the 1600s. Claude Lorrain ( Claude Gelle at birth – 1600 – 1682), has made the 1st “Frenchy” version of the puff pastry for his ill father, who has to be on the diet with flour, water and butter ( common, sick people eat some more fat? how about some nutrition for a change).
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